How many folks know that the largest eliminative organ of the body is the skin? The skin sweats to cool the body as needed as well as releasing toxins.
We all know about the colon and kidneys because we deal with them every day. What do you know about the lymphatics? The lymph is a clear liquid that circulates around the body tissues and drains into the lymph vessels or tubes. It then drains into the thoracic duct, the largest lymph vessel, before emptying back into blood circulation.
There are more lymph vessels throughout the body than there are blood vessels. The most important difference here is that the lymph has no pump as the blood does. We are the pump of our lymph. Moving the body is what moves the lymph. That is why it is so important for us to get up and move every day. Doing yoga is an especially healthy form of exercise because the breathing, stretches and poses require the concentration and use of multiple muscles which are pumping the lymph as we do so. www.gobodhiyoga.com
Again let me say, our bodies are remarkable. Let’s do all we can to keep them in good working order for our whole lives. Yoga is the way.
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